Agusan farmers now engaged in agro enterprise development Kitcharao and Magallanes in Agusan del Norte are starting to progress as farm communities operating nine agro enterprises on milled rice lending, internal savings lending, and bulk purchasing inputs.  The community improvement, which spurred from the structured business-  centric model of RiceBIS Agusan, is managed by the trained 400 farmers who follow the business model bank concept pilot-tested by the Esperanza RiceBIS […]

Over time, it is known that frequency of different climate change impacts like drought will continue to increase (IPCC, 2012; Cai et al., 2018; Gabriel et al., 2021). Drought causes major damage in agriculture. In rice cultivation, certain farmers had been reported ending up with zero yield (Pandey, Bhandari, Ding, et al., 2007)

Rice farmers had produced almost 20 million metric tons (MMT) of palay in 2021, hitting an all-time high record, based on data released on Wednesday by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The new record high palay output of 19.96MMT, which was driven by the strong rice harvest from first to fourth quarter, is 3.45% higher than the previous production of 19.29MMT in 2020. “We would have easily breached 20MMT as Typhoon […]

Some 380 trainers and farmers are to be trained under the RCEF – RESP in 2022. The trainings, short courses, and farmer field schools will include rice stakeholders from Regions 9, 12, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Sixty rice specialists and 90 trainers will be trained on production of high-quality inbred rice seeds and farm mechanization; and on pest and nutrient management. Dr. Sailila E. Abdula, […]

The Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture or AMIA Program is one of the Key Strategies under the ONE DA Framework. Among the main focus of the AMIA Program is conducting regional and provincial climate risk and vulnerability assessments to identify proactive measures in adapting to changing climate and the hazards that it brings. Its main approach is the establishment of the AMIA Village to serve as a […]

DA-PhilRice Los Baños has fully achieved its targeted delivery of 99,100 sacks of RCEF seeds and 41,800 tekno-kalendaryo to 79 municipalities in Cavite, Laguna, and Quezon for the 2022 dry season before the end of 2021. Thanks to the DA-Region IV-A and the LGUs of the RCEF-covered municipalities for their assistance. The LGUs also oversee the distribution of the seeds and calendars. Despite the distances and narrow roads that posed […]

Twenty-eight farmer-leaders and agricultural technologists in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur recently completed the Short Course Training on Pest and Nutrient Management under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Extension Services Program. The participants hurdled the 5-day intensive training facilitated by the PhilRice Batac RCEF Training Management Team in collaboration with the Local Government Unit of Tagudin. The training focused on identifying and diagnosing pests and diseases, and nutrient deficiency.

Farmers from seven LGUs in Antique, Aklan, and Capiz participated in the recent establishment of the Minus-OneElement Technique setup and RCEF PalaySikatan TechnoDemo Farmers’ Field Day. The 130 farmers learned how to determine the right fertilizer amount and element for their rice fields, as well as the results, if they follow the technology practices recommended by DA-PhilRice. The setting up of MOET is a project under the RCEF-Seed Program. Meanwhile, […]

More than a thousand farmers, composed of 600 vegetable farmers, 240 rice-based farmers, and at least 500 households from Lupao, Nueva Ecija were introduced to vegetable production systems under the PAG-AHON Phase II Project.  Also known as the “Sa Palay at Gulay, may Ani, Hanapbuhay, Oportunidad, at Nutrisyon,” which ran from June to Dec. 31, 2021, the municipality-wide vegetable production initiative included crop diversification, the establishment of community food hubs, […]